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YT has RSS feeds for every channel.

So I’ve switched to using RSS to follow the specific niche creators that add value for me. As a result, my YT experience is entirely unlike what the YT algorithm suggests.



Isn't this basically the same as only using your subscription page, and not the main youtube startpage?


Close, but not quite the same, since I don't even need a YT account or subscription page.

My official YT subscriptions are now just a subset, mostly as a mechanism to give small channels a little algorithm boost.


Similarly, I use Ublock Origin to remove basically every element of the site except the search bar, subscriptions and the video player itself.


There's also some YouTube-specific extensions like SponsorBlock and DeArrow [1] which specialize in removing distractions from YouTube content - not just the UI.

[1]: https://sponsor.ajay.app/ ; https://dearrow.ajay.app/


Did not know this! Going to be checking this out, thank you.




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